My years in Senegal, the first years of my marriage, were formative in multiple ways. Immersion in a joyous, welcoming, progressive, and culturally rich Sufi Muslim culture permanently altered the way I see Islam and the world. As someone who has had the privilege to experience Senegal, I have written from this perspective on my own blog, again and again and again. As someone who grew up in an interfaith family, I see this as part of my role in the world: to build bridges as an interfaith activist, especially when intolerance is on the rise.

4 Replies to “A Jewish Woman Who Says Inshallah”

Of course, there is some irony in the fact that terms like “inshallah” are “Arabic language” and not “Muslim,” per se. Egyptian Coptic Christians, for example, say “inshallah” all the time. A reminder that most (arguably, all) of the boundaries we “see” are a figment of our active imaginations…